12. What is the main difference between humans and other animals on this earth?

First let us try to look at the similarities between humans and animals. Animals sleep. We sleep. Animals reproduce. We reproduce. Animals eat food. We eat food. Animals try to survive. We try to survive. Animals become angry and ferocious. We also become angry for many reasons and sometimes for no reasons also. Animals die. We die. Animals suffer. We also suffer( probably more than that of animals).
           Now let us look at the differences between humans and animals. In the evolutionary order, we the human beings are the most evolved creature on this planet and hence we have the most advanced neurological and advanced cerebral capabilities. Is there any other key difference? To understand this, we need to first understand the different types of actions that are performed by human beings. They are
           1. Physical actions
           2. Mental actions
           3. Emotional actions
           4. Energy actions
To understand these four actions, I am giving a little explanations on these four actions.

Physical actions:
Consider a person sitting on a chair. While sitting on the chair, he can slowly move his hands, he can slowly move his toe finger. He can do many other physical activities. These are all physical actions.

Mental actions:
While sitting, he can think about many things. These are mental actions.

Emotional actions:
Emotional actions are also coming under mental actions but it is separated because emotional actions have longer effects on human body when compared to mental actions like thoughts. For example, when you get angry, the effects upon your body will be more when compared to your simple thought process.

Energy actions:
It is about the energy transactions between your body and surroundings.

For animals, these four actions are controlled by their chemical behaviour within their body. But for humans, even though these are triggered by chemical changes in our body, nature has provided us with the freedom to choose. That means we have given freedom to choose our actions. To choose our actions means to choose our actions consciously. That means what should happens within ourselves can be 100 percent determined by ourselves. So we need to now think that whether our four types of actions are controlled by ourselves or just triggered by chemical actions and external situations. 

          Let us look at some extreme situations how Jesus christ has handled these four types of actions. If we carefully study the life of Jesus christ, we can understand that he has mastered all these four types of actions.
         
Let us see a situation where Jesus christ has mastered his physical actions. Jesus is the son of God. He is the power who hold this entire universe. He has the ability to do miracles. But still when he was caught by the roman soldiers, he did not do any miracles to escape from them. Instead he was willingly given himself to death. Many people spit upon him. He neither spit back nor cursed them. Even at the time of his last breath, he was ready to forgive them. These responses clearly shows that Jesus christ has mastered his physical actions.

Now let us see a situation where Jesus christ had mastered his mental actions. After 40 days of fasting, Jesus christ was tempted by the evil force since he was very hungry and tired. But Jesus christ just witnessed this temptation and did not respond to this situation. This clearly shows that he has mastered mental as well as his physical actions.( Luke 4:1-14)

Now let us see a situation which shows Jesus has mastered his emotional actions. During the time when was carrying his cross towards golgotha, women were weeping for him. Jesus told them not to cry for him. This clearly shows that he was at a state of high emotional stability even at the time of his physical suffering.(Luke 23:27-29)

Now let us see a situation which shows Jesus christ has mastered his energy actions. Jesus is the son of God. He is the power who hold this entire universe. He did miracles only for the upliftment of the others. For doing miracles, essentially he might have somehow accessed the inner energy within himself or  some external outer energy from God. He did not do any miracles to save his life from crucifixion. This shows Jesus christ has well mastered his energy actions.

Now the question is whether we mastered our physical, mental, emotional and energy actions or not. Inorder to master all these, we  need to strive for mastering our mind and body which is the actual purpose of the entire spiritual development.

So the main difference between a human and an animal is that we have the ability to control our physical, mental, emotional and energy actions. Atleast we can strive for that.